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Obama in Florida: Call Me Baruch
Arutz 7 ^ | 5-23-08 | staff

Posted on 05/23/2008 9:51:31 AM PDT by Nachum

(IsraelNN.com) Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama has embarked on an intense effort to prove to Jewish voters that he is strong on backing Israel and said at a Florida synagogue Thursday that they can call him "Baruch," a play on his first name. His middle name is Hussein. Trying to clinch the Democratic nomination, he promised "an unshakable commitment to Israel's security."

Sen. Obama reiterated his opposition to negotiating with the Hamas terrorist faction while explaining that talking with Iran would be in Israel's best interests. Demanding concessions from Iran in exchange for offers of economic aid would give America "the moral high ground," he reasoned.

The Illinois senator pleaded with the Jewish audience, "Don't judge me because I've got a funny name. Don't judge me because I'm African-American and people are concerned about memories of the past." He said he wants to improve relations between blacks and Jews.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: baruch; fl2008; florida; jewishvote; obama
Who you gonna believe, me or your lyin' eyes?
1 posted on 05/23/2008 9:54:08 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

vote for “baruch”. he eats kosher waffles


2 posted on 05/23/2008 9:55:33 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: Nachum

I keep looking for the “satire” or “parody” keywords. Arrgghh. He’s turning into a bigger doofus by the minute.


3 posted on 05/23/2008 9:56:27 AM PDT by EggsAckley
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To: Nachum
BARAK Gender: Masculine Usage: Biblical, Jewish Other Scripts: בָרָק (Hebrew) Pronounced: BER-ak [key] Means "lightning" in Hebrew. This was the name of a military commander in the Old Testament.
4 posted on 05/23/2008 9:56:59 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Nachum

BO, we are judging you solely on your words, not your name or skin color. By your own words you are disqualified to be commander in chief.


5 posted on 05/23/2008 9:57:11 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Nachum

ROFL!!


6 posted on 05/23/2008 9:58:46 AM PDT by Mamzelle (Time for Conservatives to go Free Agent)
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To: Nachum
"Don't judge me because I've got a funny name. Don't judge me because I'm African-American and people are concerned about memories of the past."

How insulting.

7 posted on 05/23/2008 9:59:50 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Nachum
Remember how Kerry kept finding out more about his ancestry.

I am sure Obama will be Jewish here shortly.

8 posted on 05/23/2008 10:00:25 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Red Badger
Barak was named for the flying Islamic horse, Baraq.


9 posted on 05/23/2008 10:03:07 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Red Badger
I believe that the name is more of a polluting of the hebraic "blessed" than the warrior name. His middle name is arabic for "handsome" I think. Blessed-Handsome sounds more like a name a mother would give than the warrior-handsome name. The Arabic female name of Barakah is also blessed.

Just a guess.

10 posted on 05/23/2008 10:04:29 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Diogenesis

Shouldn’t he be walking on that water?........


11 posted on 05/23/2008 10:06:02 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Diogenesis

White horse sounds plausible also. As his mother is white. Is there anything that BHO has said about this specifically?


12 posted on 05/23/2008 10:06:47 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Oh wow, now I feel better that his name is like Baruch which means blessed in Hebrew. I really feel better and won’t care anymore about his middle name Hussein which means “small handsome one”.
I’m happy that one of his moles took the time to look up the word Baruch and see what it means.
I’m not scared anymore that he loves the America-haters and plans to make kissy-face with the jihadis.


13 posted on 05/23/2008 10:13:45 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (sarcasm, of course)
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To: Red Badger

14 posted on 05/23/2008 10:17:30 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Nachum

Thanx for post.If i were a Jew and supported Israel,i’d be very wary of whatever BO says.On the one hand(for 20yrs) BO attended a church led by a pastor who regularly spouted anti-US and anti-Israel rhetoric.Furthermore BO is supported by virulently anti-Israel groups here in the US.Now he’s looking for votes and “sweet talking” the jewish community in SFla.I don’t buy it.Imagine a worse case scenario:Israel is attacked by her arab neighbors and needs our military support-could BO be counted on to help Israel?Or-what if Iran had nuclear missles aimed and ready to hit targets in Israel?Could BO be counted on to help Israel take them out?


15 posted on 05/23/2008 10:30:07 AM PDT by Thombo2
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To: Nachum

When he lies, do his ears grow?


16 posted on 05/23/2008 10:44:06 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220
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To: Nachum

If Obama is so solidly behind Israel, why did he wait until two weeks ago to fire Malley, his anti-Israel foreign policy advisor, who had been meeting with leaders of Hamas, on a regular basis?


17 posted on 05/23/2008 10:46:24 AM PDT by Eva (CHANGE- the post modern euphemism for Marxist revolution.)
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To: kingattax

Was that a side of Bacon sitting next to the waffles?


18 posted on 05/23/2008 10:48:03 AM PDT by ncfool (Savage said that Islam is a Peaceful religion. Your very peaceful after they slit your throat!)
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To: Sig Sauer P220

19 posted on 05/23/2008 10:48:56 AM PDT by roses of sharon ( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
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To: Nachum

Baruch Hashem Oybama


20 posted on 05/23/2008 10:51:46 AM PDT by mikrofon (a/k/a the Obamassiah...)
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To: Nachum

“Don’t judge me because I’m African-American”

B-Hussein-O — you are HALF-rican-American!! Your mother was white!!


21 posted on 05/23/2008 10:52:59 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: Diogenesis

Much better!.........LOL!!...


22 posted on 05/23/2008 10:55:57 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Nachum

Not thanks, I prefer to just call him just “Anti American Marxist a$$hole.”


23 posted on 05/23/2008 11:01:04 AM PDT by Abbeville Conservative (Just a bitter South Carolinian clinging to my religion and guns.)
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To: Nachum

Not thanks, I prefer to just call him just “Anti American Marxist a$$hole.”


24 posted on 05/23/2008 11:01:04 AM PDT by Abbeville Conservative (Just a bitter South Carolinian clinging to my religion and guns.)
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To: Nachum

Not thanks, I prefer to just call him just “Anti American Marxist a$$hole.”


25 posted on 05/23/2008 11:01:06 AM PDT by Abbeville Conservative (Just a bitter South Carolinian clinging to my religion and guns.)
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To: doug from upland
Hey Doug!

Here's an opportunity to write a song for Obama!

Call it “The Panderer” as sung to “The Wanderer”!

26 posted on 05/23/2008 11:03:50 AM PDT by airborne (LETS GO PENS!!! LETS GO PENS!!! LETS GO PENS!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!)
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To: Nachum
baruch is a hebrew name and means "blessed". telling jews to call him that is an insult IMO.

also, obama always referring to himself as an 'african-american' shows exactly what he thinks of and how he ignores his caucasian heritage and about whites in general. typical half-white person

27 posted on 05/23/2008 11:13:23 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: mikrofon

Baraq Omama, is much like Moheammed’s flying donkey, which had wings, and a face like a woman , and the tail of a peacock. He is unlikely, impossible, and a lie just to deceive the people of his mightly power.


28 posted on 05/23/2008 12:43:02 PM PDT by tessalu
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To: tessalu

Remember the fox has many faces./Just Asking - seoul62......


29 posted on 05/23/2008 1:00:28 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: Nachum

The hustler has his game on, don’t believe the hype!!!!!!/Just Asking - seoul62......


30 posted on 05/23/2008 1:01:56 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: Nachum

I’d rather just call him “Schmuck.”


31 posted on 05/23/2008 1:47:41 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Nachum

Barack’s name may be like Baruch, which means “blessed” in Hebrew, but his name is actually closer to Barak, which means “lightning” in Hebrew.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_%28given_name%29

Barack (disambiguation) Baraq.
Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary. 1300. baraq (baw-rawk’) from baraq; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword, bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning. 1299. baraq (baw-rak’) a primitive root; to lighten (lightning) cast forth.


32 posted on 06/17/2008 8:40:47 AM PDT by naomiekeys
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